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<h1 align="center">MSGATTRIB</h1>

<a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
<a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
<a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
<a href="#AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a><br>
<a href="#REPORTING BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</a><br>
<a href="#COPYRIGHT">COPYRIGHT</a><br>
<a href="#SEE ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>

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<h2>NAME
<a name="NAME"></a>
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">msgattrib
- attribute matching and manipulation on message
catalog</p>

<h2>SYNOPSIS
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>msgattrib</b>
[<i>OPTION</i>] [<i>INPUTFILE</i>]</p>

<h2>DESCRIPTION
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Filters the
messages of a translation catalog according to their
attributes, and manipulates the attributes.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Mandatory
arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
too.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
location:</b> <br>
INPUTFILE</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input PO file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-D</b>,
<b>--directory</b>=<i>DIRECTORY</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">add DIRECTORY to list for input
files search</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">If no input
file is given or if it is -, standard input is
read.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output file
location: <br>
-o</b>,
<b>--output-file</b>=<i>FILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write output to specified
file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The results are
written to standard output if no output file is specified or
if it is -.</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Message
selection: <br>
--translated</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">keep translated, remove
untranslated messages</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--untranslated</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">keep untranslated, remove
translated messages</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-fuzzy</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">remove &rsquo;fuzzy&rsquo;
marked messages</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--only-fuzzy</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">keep &rsquo;fuzzy&rsquo; marked
messages</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-obsolete</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">remove obsolete #~ messages</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--only-obsolete</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">keep obsolete #~ messages</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Attribute
manipulation: <br>
--set-fuzzy</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set all messages
&rsquo;fuzzy&rsquo;</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--clear-fuzzy</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set all messages
non-&rsquo;fuzzy&rsquo;</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--set-obsolete</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set all messages obsolete</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--clear-obsolete</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set all messages
non-obsolete</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--previous</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">when setting
&rsquo;fuzzy&rsquo;, keep previous msgids of translated
messages.</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--clear-previous</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">remove the &quot;previous
msgid&quot; from all messages</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--empty</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">when removing
&rsquo;fuzzy&rsquo;, also set msgstr empty</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--only-file</b>=<i>FILE</i>.po</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">manipulate only entries listed
in FILE.po</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--ignore-file</b>=<i>FILE</i>.po</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">manipulate only entries not
listed in FILE.po</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--fuzzy</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">synonym for
<b>--only-fuzzy
--clear-fuzzy</b></p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--obsolete</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">synonym for
<b>--only-obsolete
--clear-obsolete</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Input file
syntax: <br>
-P</b>,
<b>--properties-input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in Java
.properties syntax</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-input</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">input file is in
NeXTstep/GNUstep .strings syntax</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Output
details: <br>
--color</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
attributes always</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--color</b>=<i>WHEN</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use colors and other text
attributes if WHEN. WHEN may be &rsquo;always&rsquo;,
&rsquo;never&rsquo;, &rsquo;auto&rsquo;, or
&rsquo;html&rsquo;.</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--style</b>=<i>STYLEFILE</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">specify CSS style rule file for
<b>--color</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-e</b>,
<b>--no-escape</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not use C escapes in output
(default)</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-E</b>,
<b>--escape</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">use C escapes in output, no
extended chars</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--force-po</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write PO file even if empty</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-i</b>,
<b>--indent</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write the .po file using
indented style</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-location</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not write &rsquo;#:
filename:line&rsquo; lines</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-n</b>,
<b>--add-location</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">generate &rsquo;#:
filename:line&rsquo; lines (default)</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--strict</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out strict Uniforum
conforming .po file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-p</b>,
<b>--properties-output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a Java .properties
file</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--stringtable-output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">write out a NeXTstep/GNUstep
.strings file</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-w</b>,
<b>--width</b>=<i>NUMBER</i></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">set output page width</p>


<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>--no-wrap</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">do not break long message
lines, longer than the output page width, into several
lines</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-s</b>,
<b>--sort-output</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">generate sorted output</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-F</b>,
<b>--sort-by-file</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">sort output by file
location</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Informative
output: <br>
-h</b>, <b>--help</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">display this help and exit</p>

<p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>-V</b>,
<b>--version</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:22%;">output version information and
exit</p>

<h2>AUTHOR
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Written by
Bruno Haible.</p>

<h2>REPORTING BUGS
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Report bugs in
the bug tracker at
&lt;https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext&gt; or by
email to &lt;bug-gettext@gnu.org&gt;.</p>

<h2>COPYRIGHT
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Copyright
&copy; 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
&lt;https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html&gt; <br>
This is free software: you are free to change and
redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.</p>

<h2>SEE ALSO
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<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The full
documentation for <b>msgattrib</b> is maintained as a
Texinfo manual. If the <b>info</b> and <b>msgattrib</b>
programs are properly installed at your site, the
command</p>

<p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em"><b>info
msgattrib</b></p>

<p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">should give you
access to the complete manual.</p>
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